Door-hanger.



- PATBNTED JAN. 15, 1907..

.um HE NG TN IA DLH APPLICATION FILED 001212, 1906.

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UNITED s-Tafrns PATENT orme.

HENRY B. PITNER, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIS A.OHAMBERLIN, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .l'an. 15, 1907.

Application filed October l2. 1906. Serial No. 338,639.

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. PITNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Olean, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door- Hangers, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in hangers for doors, andparticularly doors for milk-wagons, railwaycars, and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, and durablemeans for mounting the door so that it may be readily swung to eitherits closed or open position.

Further objects and advantages of the invention, as well as thestructural features by means of which these objects are attained, willbe made clear by an examination of the following specification, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a viewof the inside of a milkwagon, showing my improved means for hanging thedoor. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the plane indicated by theline 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on theplane indicated by the Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the lowerlinks, showing the stop projection thereon; and Fig. 5 is a perspectiveview of the base plate or bracket.

In the present embodiment of my invention it is shown applied to thedoor 1 of the body 2 of a milk-wagon, car, or the like. The door 1 isadapted to close the door-opening 3 in the side wall 4 of thewagon-body, and' when in its closed position, as shown in full lines inFig. 1, it rests upon the floor 5 of the wagon. The door may be of anydesired form and construction, but as illustrated it has in its upperportion a glass-covered open- 4 ing 6 and upon its inner side a handleor knob 7.

Secured by screws or the like upon the inner side of the door l is anattaching-plate 8, to which are pivoted the upper ends of a pair ofparallel links 9. The lowerends of the links 9 are pivoted by rivets orthe like 10 to the upper ends of a second pair of parallel links 11 andalso to the ends of a connecting and spacing bar 12. The lower pair oflinks 11 have their lower ends pivoted upon the substantially U-shapedupright portion 13 of the base-plate or bracket 14. The latter hasright-angularly-bent feet 15, which are secured by screws or the likeupon the car-floor 5, so that the U-shaped portion 13 is supported in anupright position. Secured upon one face of the portion 13 is a stopblock16, adapted to be engaged by one edge of one of the lower links 11 tolimit the downward lswinging movement of the latter, as will be readilyunderstood upon reference to Fig. 1. Formed upon each of the lower links11, adjacent to the upper ends, are stop projections 17,'the beveledupper edges 18 of which are adapted to be engaged by the edges of theupper links 9 to limit the swinging movement of the latter with respectto the links 11. The two stops 17 are so arranged that both of the links9 engage them at the same time.

When the door 1 is in its closed-position, as shown in Fig. 1, it restsupon the door-sill, and one of links 11 engages the stop 16, and whenthe door is pushed laterally the upper links 9 will be swung upwardlywith respect to the lower links 11 until the former engage the stops 17.As the door is pushed laterally the links 19 elevate it, and thecontinued movement of the door after the links 9 engage the stops 17causes the links 11 to be swung upwardly, as shown in dotted lines inFig. 1. The door is guided in its sliding or swinging movement by aguide 19, arranged upon the upper portion of the side wall 2 and engagedwith the upper end of the door. When the door is in its closed position,it engages a stop-shoulder 20 upon one side of the door-opening 3 andwhen it is in its opened position engages a similar stop-shoulder 21, aswill be readily seen upon reference to Figs. 1 and 2. Vhen the door isswung from its opened to its closed position, thelinks 11 swingdownwardly until one of them engages the stop-block 16 of the base-plate14, and the links 9 then swing upon their pivots 10 until the door islowered to its full-lined position, as shown in Fig. 1. When thisimproved door is used in a milk-wagon, it will be noted that snow, ice,mud, or the like which accumulate on the Hoor of the wagon and thedoor-sillwill not interfere with its operation and that there will be nodanger of the door freezing on the sill. As soon as the door starts to oen it is elevated from the iioor and door-sil IOC Vhile I have shown anddescribed the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will beunderstood that I do not wish to limit it to tbe precise constructionherein set forth.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

l. The combination with a frame having an opening and a door for closingsaid opening, of upper and lower pairs of links pivotally connected, thelinks of the upper pair being pivoted to said door and the links of thelower pair to said frame, and a spacing-bar.` uniting thepivotally-connected ends of said links. I

2. The combination with a frame having an opening and a door for closingsaid opening, of upper and lower pairs oi links pivotally connected, thelinks of the up er pair being pivoted to said door and the links of thelower pair to said frame, a spacing-bar uniting the pivotally-connectedends of the said links and a stop for limiting the swinging movement ofthe links of the lower pair.

The combination with a frame having an opening and a door for closingsaid opening, of upper and lower pairs of links pivotally connected, thelinks of the upper pair being pivoted to said door and the links of thelower pair to said frame, a spacing-bar uniting the pivotally-connectedends of the said links, and a stop for limiting the swinging movement ofthe links of the upper pair with respect to the links of the lower pair.

4. The combination with a Jframe having an opening and a door forclosing said opening, of an attaching-plate upon said door, a base-plateupon-said frame, lower links pivoted to said base-plate, upper linkspivoted to said attaching-plate, pivots connecting the upper and lowerlinks, a spacing-bar connecting the last-mentioned pivots, a stop uponsaid base-plate to limit the swinging movement of said lower links, andstops upon said lower links for limiting the swinging movement of theupper links, substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination with a frame having an opening and a door tor closingsaid opening, of' upper and lower links pivotally connected, the upperlink being pivoted to said door and the lower link to said frame, a stopfor limiting the swinging movement of the lower link and a stop upon thelower link forv limiting the swinging movement Vof the upper link withrespect to the latter.

In testimony whereof I hereunto a'HiX my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY B. PITNER. Witnesses:

JOHN H. RYAN, R. E. SCHRADER.

